While Joe has been busy continuing window reglazing, door restoration, and plaster repair, I have been chipping away at the floors….literally. I talked a lot about the mastic tar and horse hoof glue removal process in this blog post when I was about half way through the job. Now that job is officially finished and…
Month: June 2015
Plaster repair – Part 1
One of the big remaining jobs we have left to tackle before moving into our rehab house is repairing the plaster. Technically, I guess we could do his after we move in, but it’s a messy job and not something we really want to be doing with furniture in the house. Plus, those silly people…
Doors (Part 1) and Weed Moats
As we look back on the past year of our rehab project it is obvious that the stages can be neatly divided into categories: Stage 1 – Planning (and lots of thinking). Meetings with architect, contractors, skilled friends who can give advice. Stage 2 – Demolishing (knocking stuff down and taking it out). The demo…
Is that light I see at the end of the tunnel? Nope. Just another window…
I told myself that I would not do another blog post about windows until they were done. I mean, how many different parts of the rehab process can I really show without repeating myself? Well, this week there were a couple big developments (relatively speaking) and I thought they might just warrant another update. This…
Under New Management 